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Home repair companies in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area
How the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #193 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 8 scored metro areas based in Iowa
- Listings
- 190
- 18 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 190
- +8.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $432M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,672 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.8
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 380,452
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 190 home repair companies in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area. 18 of them (9%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 11.8 for every 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area comes to about $432M a year: $2,672 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 190 home repair companies, that is $2.3M per company, 6% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area was 190 in 2023, up 8.2% from 2019. That is one for every 851 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #193 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 8 scored metro areas based in Iowa.
How the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area compares
The same measures for Iowa and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all home repairs, maintenance and insurance by the home repair companies counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.8 | 14.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $1.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 851 | 572 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.2% | +7.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,672 | $2,714 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $72,738 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 190+8.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,884
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $335.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 19018 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 178The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $100K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 380,452−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 161,702
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,270 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 168
- Median household income
- $72,738+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,004
- Median home value
- $174,100
- Jobs located here
- 174,294
- Daytime population
- 383,694Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Iowa for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Iowa (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ames, IA | 56 | 51 | 10.2 | $2.6M | +2.2% | #139 of 387 |
| 2Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 56 | 426 | 14.4 | $2M | +6.7% | #147 of 387 |
| 3Iowa City, IA | 52 | 92 | 12.7 | $2.2M | +4.1% | #178 of 387 |
| 4Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 50 | 190 | 11.8 | $2.3M | −0.9% | #193 of 387 |
| 5Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 46 | 84 | 12.1 | $2.2M | +0.5% | #220 of 387 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | 42 | 603 | 15.5 | $1.9M | +4.2% | #254 of 387 |
| 6Dubuque, IA | 38 | 52 | 12.7 | $2.2M | +0.1% | #284 of 387 |
| 7Cedar Rapids, IA | 37 | 180 | 15.8 | $1.8M | +1.0% | #299 of 387 |
| 8Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 25 | 91 | 16.4 | $1.6M | +1.0% | #372 of 387 |
Other business types in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
- Home repair trades50
- HVAC and plumbing61
- Electricians49
- Roofing and gutters27
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control36
- Landscaping and lawn care33
- House cleaning48
- Pest control31
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area?
There are 190 home repair companies on map listings in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area as of September 2026. 18 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 190 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 8.2% from 2019.
How much do households in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $432M a year, or $2,672 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 190 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 161,702 households in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area has 11.8 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.3M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area would have about 178, against 190 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 851 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area at 380,452 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 161,702 households. Median household income in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area is $72,738, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.3%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area scores 50 for home repair companies (upper middle), #193 of 387 scored metro areas.
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